“He is capable of an admirable simplicity…truly touching.” – The New York Times

​A Carnival of Sound and Noise Pianist Fabio Bidini is known for his immaculate musical taste, electrifying performances, and dazzling dexterity. Mr. Bidini, winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and many other awards, brings Italian bravissimo to all of his performances. An inspired program that includes the fiery “Waldstein” Sonata and a chance for the artist to bring out his immense story-telling gifts, when he brings all of Schumann’s characters from the Carnival alive on stage.

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Biography

Italian pianist Fabio Bidini is one of this generation’s top-flight pianists. His appearances have included performances with The London Symphony Orchestra at The Barbican, The Philharmonia Orchestra of London at Royal Festival Hall, the San Francisco Symphony, New World Symphony, Dallas Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Forth Worth Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra Prague at the Rudolphinum, and the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra at Liszt Academy Hall. He has collaborated with conductors including Michael Tilson Thomas, Carlos Prieto, Max Valdes, Dimitry Sitkovetsky, Ivan Fisher, Jesus Lopez Cobos, JoAnn Falletta, Zoltan Kocsis, Michael Christie, and Gianandrea Noseda,

In recent seasons he has appeared in North America with various U.S. orchestras including the Buffalo Philharmonic (for a total of six times), the Hawaii Symphony, and the Phoenix Symphony. In the 2016-17 season, Bidini appeared with the Buffalo Philharmonic as well as the orchestras of Ft. Wayne, Grand Rapids, Charlotte, Reading, and Springfield, MA.

Mr. Bidini began his piano studies at the age of five. He graduated magna cum laude from the Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and studied composition at the Florence Conservatory. He has been awarded first prize in eleven of Italy’s most prestigious national piano competitions and has been the recipient of the top prizes awarded in eight international competitions: Terni, Köln, Busoni 1988 and 1992, Pretoria, Marsala, London, and the Van Cliburn Competition in Fort Worth. Texas. He made his North American debut in 1993 with the Atlanta Symphony.

Fabio Bidini is also greatly in demand as a chamber music partner. He is the new pianist of the highly acclaimed ensemble, Trio Solisti, and has enjoyed artistic collaboration with many ensembles and artists including the American String Quartet, the Janacek Quartet, the Brodsky Quartet, the Szymanowski Quartet, the Modigliani Quartet, Zoltan Kocsis, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Maria Bachmann, Eva Urbanova, Nina Kotova, Dimitri Ashkenazy, and Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker. A duo is being formed with the latter, and Bidini and she have laid the foundation for an extensive collaboration with the publication of their debut CD of sonatas of Prokofiev and R. Strauss with the label True Sounds.

In 2015 Mr. Bidini became the first recipient of the Carol Grigor Piano Chair – a new position enabled by a five million dollar endowment gift from the Colburn School’s board chairwoman Carol Colburn Grigor in Los Angeles. Bidini has held the position of Professor of Piano at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, in Berlin, one of Europe’s premiere music conservatories. He also serves as an artist-in-residence at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Köln.